# Case presentation

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{{Short description|Formal communication between medical professionals}}
A '''case presentation''' is a formal communication between [health care professional](/source/health_care_professional)s such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinical Vignette: Deciding What to Present {{!}} ACP |url=https://www.acponline.org/membership/residents/competitions-awards/acp-national-abstract-competitions/guide-to-preparing-for-the-abstract-competition/presenting-a-clinical-vignette-deciding-what-to-present |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=www.acponline.org|date=17 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=Dustyn E. |last2=Surakanti |first2=Shravani |date=2016 |title=Developing Oral Case Presentation Skills: Peer and Self-Evaluations as Instructional Tools |journal=The Ochsner Journal |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=65–69 |issn=1524-5012 |pmc=4795506 |pmid=27046408}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2005 |journal=Journal of Family & Community Medicine |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=97–100 |issn=1319-1683 |pmc=3410129 |pmid=23012083|title=Teaching tips: Twelve tips for making case presentations more interesting }}</ref>

Essential parts of a case presentation include:
* Identification
* Reason for consultation/admission
* Chief complaints (CC) - what made patients seek medical attention.
* History of present illness (HPI) - circumstances relating to chief complaints.
* Past medical history (PMHx)
* Past surgical history
* Current medications
* [Allergies](/source/Allergies)
* Family history (FHx)
* Social history (SocHx)
* [Physical examination](/source/Physical_examination) (PE)
* [Laboratory results](/source/Laboratory_results) (Lab)
* Other investigations ([imaging](/source/Medical_imaging), [biopsy](/source/biopsy) etc.)
* Case summary and impression
* [Management plans](/source/Management_plans)
* follow up in clinic or hospital
* Adherence of the patient to treatment
* success of the treatment or failure.
* causes of success or failure.

== See also ==
* [Case report](/source/Case_report)
* [Case series](/source/Case_series)

==References==
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